Hispanic-Americans

News about Hispanic-Americans, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 26, 2015

Jaime Zapata and Raquel Ramirez, co-founders of Tono Studios, saw an opening in 2007 to cater to creative advertising agencies helping companies connect with Hispanic consumers, who represent more than $1.4 trillion in purchasing power, and growing. MORE

Mar. 9, 2015

Labor Department reports employment among Hispanics has risen 5 percent over past 12 months, compared with 3.8 percent for blacks and 1.4 percent for whites; of all country's major racial and ethnic groups, only Hispanics had returned to their unemployment levels before recession. MORE

Mar. 6, 2015

Education Dept statistics show that number of black and Hispanic students being admitted to New York City's elite public high schools has remained virtually unchanged in 2015, with 5 percent of 5,103 placements being offered to black students and 7 percent to Hispanics; legislators and educators disagree over how to fix problem. MORE

Feb. 17, 2015

Killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes by Pasco, Wash, police, which was caught on video and circulated widely on Internet, has spurred protests and laid bare division between city's growing Latino population and bureaucracy, which remains largely white; killing has been likened to shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo, and is subject of multiple investigations, from local to federal level. MORE

Feb. 14, 2015

Police shooting of Mexican-born laborer Antonio Zambrano-Montes in Pasco, Wash, prompts angry outbursts by Hispanic residents, and leads county coroner there to order inquest; cellphone video shows Zambrano-Montes stopping and holding up his hands after fleeing police officers, when police fired seven shots, killing him at scene. MORE

Feb. 10, 2015

Poll conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University and Resources for the Future finds 54 percent of Hispanics say global warming is very important to them personally, increasing likelihood that issue will have profound impact in 2016 presidential election; Hispanics across the country are more likely than non-Hispanic whites to view issue as important. MORE

Feb. 1, 2015

Op-Ed article by Prof David L Kirp calls attention to staggering results achieved by math tutoring program for 9th- and 10th-grade African-American and Latino boys at Edwin G Foreman High School in Chicago; suggests program upends conventional thinking about closing achievement gap for low-income minority boys. MORE

Jan. 28, 2015

Jan. 18, 2015

Op-Ed article by author Sam Quinones argues that appointment of Mexican immigrant Jesus Miranda to advisory council of South Gate, Calif, City Council is small sign of historic change in attitude toward Mexican immigrants; maintains small suburb is model for other communities where Mexican immigrants make up much of labor force yet are uninvolved with civic politics. MORE

Jan. 16, 2015

Coalition of activists and liberal New York City Council members is seeking ban on credit checks by employers screening job applicants; opponents of checks argue that they unfairly target blacks and Hispanics and do not help to predict job competency. MORE

Jan. 13, 2015

Team negotiating New York City's bid to host Democratic National Convention in 2016 is using de Blasio administration's municipal-identification program to make Democratic National Committee aware of city's supportive policies toward immigrants and of its large Hispanic population. MORE

Nov. 25, 2014

Nevada Assembly speaker-elect Ira Hansen, a Republican, is forced from leadership post after Reno newspaper discloses that he had made derogatory remarks about blacks, women, Latinos and gays in prior newspaper columns and radio commentaries; Hansen asserts that he is victim of orchestrated attack. MORE

Nov. 21, 2014

Republican leaders worry that hard-liners in party could alienate Hispanics, fastest-growing segment of voters, for 2016 presidential election and beyond; some say GOP has biggest challenge in presenting their stand on immigration in way that is not antagonistic. MORE

Nov. 12, 2014

Editorial argues that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's new policy to address disproportionate impact of marijuana arrests on blacks and Hispanics is flawed; notes policy does not address fundamental problem of discriminatory policing that primarily affects minorities; observes that shifting marijuana cases to summons system, which does not track identity of the accused by race, will require city to make system more transparent. MORE

Nov. 6, 2014

Hispanics voted nearly two to one for Democratic candidates in midterm elections, just as they did in 2010; in number of key races, however, they voted more heavily Republican, pointing to a strategy for GOP in 2016 presidential election. MORE

Oct. 30, 2014

Pew Research Center poll finds, with immigration debate frozen, that support for Democrats among Latinos has declined slightly to 57 percent going into the midterm elections; 28 percent say they will vote Republican. MORE

Oct. 27, 2014

Immigration activists have turned their focus on Hillary Clinton, anticipating her candidacy for president in 2016; critical bloc of young Latinos is making concerted effort to urge others like them not to automatically support Clinton should she run. MORE

Oct. 25, 2014

Editorial criticizes New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for failing to reduce arrests of black and Latino men for possessing small amounts of marijuana, one of his campaign promises; contends such arrests, often made illegally, put young men at risk of losing jobs, access to housing or eligibility for military service; laments that New York City continues to pursue unfair police practices that disproportionately penalize communities of color and damage lives of young people. MORE

Oct. 24, 2014

Huntington Station, NY, home to many immigrant workers from Central America, has seen four unsolved murders in last year; residents and community leaders stage rally and say authorities pay little attention to solving crimes when victims are poor or Hispanic. MORE

Oct. 21, 2014

The Upshot; Republicans seem willing to risk alienating Hispanics in the short term by blocking immigration overhaul because they do not need their votes in midterm elections to retain House and win Senate. MORE

Oct. 20, 2014

A new study’s findings may explain why Hispanic women have lower rates of breast cancer than other Americans. MORE

Oct. 19, 2014

Supreme Court issues order allowing Texas to use its strict voter identification law in midterm elections; opponents say law, which requires voters to present photo identification, may prevent millions of eligible voters, particularly blacks and Hispanics, from casting ballots. MORE

Oct. 18, 2014

New York Gov Andrew M Cuomo visits Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in hopes of attracting votes from Hispanics at home; exit poll conducted by Edison Research found that Hispanic voters represented 9 percent of the statewide turnout in 2010. MORE

Oct. 6, 2014

Op-Ed article by author Richard Parker examines data showing that rapid urban growth and the rise of the Hispanic community could transform Texas into a purple state; notes trends contributing to transformation began as far back as the 1970s, long before the election of George W Bush as governor in 1994 and the rise of the Republican Party in the following decade. MORE

Sep. 25, 2014

Farhad Manjoo State of the Art column notes that Google's leaders say they are undertaking long-term effort to improve number of women, blacks and Hispanics in their work force; contends problem with effort, centerpiece of which is series of workshops aimed at fostering diversity, is that there is no evidence that such workshops or other efforts are working. MORE

Sep. 13, 2014

Paul Sullivan Wealth Matters column; wealthy Hispanic-Americans are slowly becoming more interested in philanthropic endeavors aimed at solving social problems in Latin American countries; attitude shift may stem from those who feel compelled to make situations better in countries that are plagued with issues and that have little of their own resources to spark change. MORE

Aug. 17, 2014

Number of Latinos who own or operate a farm has grown dramatically, as many go from working in the fields to sitting in head offices; number of farms run by Latinos has grown by 21 percent from 2007 to 2012, to a total of 67,000; shift turns on classic American bootstrap stories of grit, determination and luck. MORE

Aug. 12, 2014

Barneys New York agrees to pay $525,000 to settle accusations it profiled and singled out black and Latino shoppers for increased surveillance at its Madison Avenue store; retailer also says it plans to institution host of reform to prevent practice from occurring; investigation was set off by complaints from patrons and lawsuit filed against both city and store in New York State Supreme Court. MORE

Aug. 8, 2014

Potential contenders for 2016 Republican presidential nomination are extending overtures and making travel plans to Mexico and South America in effort to curry favor with Latino voters alienated by Congressional Republicans; among those making goodwill efforts are New Jersey Gov Chris Christie, Kentucky Sen Rand Paul and Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker. MORE

Aug. 5, 2014

The Upshot; House vote to effectively end Pres Obama's program to defer deportations of undocumented children is unlikely to hurt the Republican party in midterm elections because Hispanic voters are underrepresented in close races. MORE

Jul. 29, 2014

Events of an October 2010 night in Long Island hamlet of Shirley that led to assault on two immigrant laborers, leaving one of them dead, remain a mystery; surviving laborer Antonio Tum says only that he and Jose Fermin Sanchez were attacked by strangers; advocacy group LatinoJustice believes two were victims of hate crime, and have accused Suffolk County officials of failing to investigate properly. MORE

Jul. 21, 2014

Pres Obama will announce that 60 of nation's largest school districts are joining $200 million My Brother's Keeper initiative intended to improve educational futures of young black and Latino boys, beginning in preschool and extending through high school graduation. MORE

Jul. 20, 2014

Influx of South Americans has transformed Miami's once recession-dampened downtown, enriched its culture, and magnified its allure for businesses around the world as a crossroads of the Spanish-speaking world; visitors and immigrants alike, often well-educated and well-off, have grown in number over past decade, displacing Cuban-Americans as dominant cultural force in city. MORE

Jul. 19, 2014

Republicans are struggling to craft a tough yet humane response amid immigration crisis as unaccompanied minors flood southwest border; issue has inflamed passions of a conservative base that sees any easing of immigration rules as heresy, but senior party officials have warned that too tough a crackdown will sour party's long-fraught relationship with Hispanic voters. MORE

Jul. 15, 2014

Opening statements begin in case concerning electoral districts drawn in 2011 for United States House elections and voting maps for the Texas House; at issue is whether Republicans drew the original maps with the intent to discriminate against its burgeoning Hispanic population; if so, Texas could be required to continue seeking federal pre-clearance under the Voting Rights Act. MORE

Jul. 13, 2014

World Cup has been record-breaking event for Univision, which has dominated its TV rivals in several of America's largest cities; large viewership highlights sharp growth of America's Hispanic population over last two decades, demographic shift that has been apparent in voting trends and employment patterns, and that is now reshaping media landscape as well. MORE

Jul. 11, 2014

Consecutive sold-out shows at Yankee Stadium highlight popularity of singer Romeo Santos and of bachata music, which he has pioneered and mastered; sellouts are also testament to the growing influence of nation's Hispanic population of more than 50 million; Bronx native Santos has created genre that bridges traditional differences of taste between Caribbean and Mexican-American worlds while appealing to young Latinos growing up listening to American music. MORE

Jul. 9, 2014

Vera Institute of Justice study of 222,542 resolved Manhattan prosecutions finds race was a significant factor in setting bail, negotiating plea deals and sentencing; reports black and Hispanic defendants are more likely to be held in jail before trial and more likely to be offered plea bargains that include prison sentence than whites and Asians charged with same crimes. MORE

Jul. 2, 2014

Census Bureau is grappling with how to accurately classify race and ethnicity in its next decennial count in 2020; it is an issue that plays out in divergent ways; for many Hispanics and Arab-Americans, changes in questions could elicit more accurate portrayals of their backgrounds. MORE

Jul. 1, 2014

Census Bureau estimates show that in year ending July 1, 2013, New York City recorded third consecutive gain in its non-Hispanic white population; during same period, city gained more people than it lost through migration; demographers say changing populations of New York City and its suburbs represent a sea change from major postwar trends. MORE

Jun. 30, 2014

Jarl Mohn, incoming chief executive of NPR, intends to use experience gleaned from public radio in Los Angeles to address organization's failure to reach people of color; NPR has an overwhelmingly white staff and audience, though Southern California Public Radio, where Mohn was chairman, has a strong record of diversity. MORE

Jun. 23, 2014

Op-Ed article by Richard D Kahlenberg, senior fellow at the Century Foundation, questions fairness of system governing admission to New York City's elite public high schools; notes that only 5 percent of seats were offered to black students and 7 percent to Latinos; disputes policy of basing admissions entirely on results of Specialized High Schools Admissions Test, and calls for broadening of selection criteria, offering system used by Chicago's public schools as model. MORE

Jun. 21, 2014

Fatigue with issue of illegal immigration as well as years of interaction with immigrants seems to be softening opposition and outrage about immigration's impact in many communities along Interstate 35, including Farmers Branch, Texas; highway has carried millions of Hispanic immigrants into the United States and Canada (Series: The Way North). MORE

Jun. 20, 2014

Pew Research Center report shows that immigrants no longer make up the majority of Latino workers in the United States; study finds that immigrants, which includes Latinos who have come to United States legally or illegally, made up 49.7 percent of all Hispanic workers in 2013, down from 56.1 percent in 2007. MORE

Jun. 16, 2014

The Upshot; no demographic group is more marginalized in American elections than Hispanics; although they make up about 17 percent of the country’s population, they will most likely constitute 3 percent of voters in the 2014 Senate battlegrounds; many are ineligible to vote, while those that can often do not or are concentrated in noncompetitive states. MORE

Jun. 14, 2014

People who live and work in Greenville County, SC, say that immigration, while important, is not the central concern that some commentators have seen; county has recorded significant influx of Hispanic residents in recent decades, totaling 8 percent of population. MORE

Jun. 10, 2014

East Haven, Conn, agrees to pay $450,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit by Latino residents and to adopt what a lawyer calls some of the nation’s strictest limits on immigration enforcement by a local police force; treatment of Latinos by the police in East Haven has been under federal scrutiny since 2009, when Justice Dept opened a civil rights inquiry that found a pattern of discrimination and biased policing. MORE

Jun. 4, 2014

Photos of christening ceremony at St Thomas More Catholic Church in Tulsa, Okla, which has a congregation of nearly 10,000 people, 90 percent of them Hispanic. MORE

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